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Shore Scene at Washington Island

Date: 08 24 1964
Description: Shore scene at end of Main Road showing studio and small boats at low water.
Photograph

Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
Photograph

Chicago and North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1961
Description: The Chicago and Northwestern railroad station.
Photograph

House near Portage Canal

Date: 09 1962
Description: View across yard of a house beside the Portage Canal. It was unoccupied at the time of this photograph.
Photograph

Clustered Tree Trunks

Date: 05 12 1962
Description: A clustered growth of several tree trunks. Two of the trunks are trimmed off.
Photograph

Tall Grass Stalks

Date: 05 21 1961
Description: A close-up view of tall grass stalks in a field, with trees beyond.
Photograph

Wooden Stairway

Date: 08 18 1963
Description: View from shore up an outdoor, wooden stairway from the Red Banks Supper Club to the lake shore. The stairs were once used as a means to reach a swimming b...
Photograph

Residential Yard

Date: 05 05 1962
Description: A residential yard with ornamental tree trimming. Several fenced-in gardens are visible as well. Houses are in the background.
Photograph

Marshland

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Description: View of a marshland in a country valley lined with trees.
Photograph

Small Lake

Date: 05 30 1962
Description: View down steep hill towards a small lake in a tree-lined valley.
Photograph

Cemetery Monument

Date: 08 22 1964
Description: The Hansen monument in a Washington Island cemetery. The monument is surrounded by a cluster of Tiger Lillies which are no longer blooming.
Photograph

Railroad Yard

Date: 05 18 1963
Description: View across a railroad yard with several railroad cars and four storage tanks in the background.
Photograph

Sloping Farmland

Date: 05 17 1966
Description: View uphill towards a farmer planting crops on a treeless slope which rises just beyond him, with a cloudy sky above. Various grasses are growing in the fo...
Photograph

Leaning Barn

Date: 05 30 1965
Description: Exterior view of a leaning barn. Shadows from a farm machine fall on the barn's side wall in the early morning.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 1-6

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Description: We've at least been able to conserve something if it's only the idea of conserving for conservation's sake
But the community interests ought to come fir...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 12-18

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Description: She didn't quite make clear what we were going to find when we got here
on the outer edge of worry
It wasn't Chinamen and it wasn't wild rice
A ha...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 55-61

Date: 
Description: Way back in the soft center of hard times
did not their resistance to change in the sentiment
make some sense

What could take the place of the...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 304-311

Date: 
Description: Always looking at the vacancy in that great sea of people

All there ever was was a greeting card
and that one a mirage
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 666-673

Date: 
Description: Height is might

The expansionists and the young
want up the elevation

An overview high, and especially away
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 674-683

Date: 
Description: Dearest Daughter,

The year is flown.
We can't compete and we stand alone

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